Chapter 2 Installing PowerDesigner

Installing a Standalone - Local License of PowerDesigner

Prerequisites

You must have a license file to authorize PowerDesigner on your machine. License files can be downloaded on the Sybase Product Download Center site (SPDC) at https://sybase.subscribenet.com/.

Host ID

Before accessing the download site, make sure you know exactly your license configuration, the host ID and the name of the computer that will receive the license key file. You can find the host ID and the computer name in the Installation program, these details are automatically calculated and displayed in the third page of the installation where you are asked to load or copy a license file to proceed.

For Windows platforms, if your machine does not have a network adapter an alternate Hostid of type Disk Serial Number is supported. To get this host id, use the "lmutil lmhostid -vsn"command or get the disk's volume serial number by executing "DIR C:", remove "-" from the value and prefix "DISK_SERIAL_NUM=" to the serial number to get the host id.

Each host ID type has valid formats that will be checked when generating a license. Make sure the value entered matches these valid formats.

Ethernet addresses are 12 character hex values consisting of digits 0 through 9 and characters A through F. They may be entered in any of the following formats:

Host Ids are 8 character hex values consisting of digits 0 through 9 and characters A through F. They may be entered in the following formats:

Note: For some platforms, host IDs can also be entered in decimal formats, in this case prefix the host id with a "#" sign. Example: #1039716963

Disk Serial Number is always entered with a "DISK_SERIAL_NUM=" prefix. For example: DISK_SERIAL_NUM=3e2e17fd

Steps To install a standalone seat - local license of PowerDesigner:

  1. Insert the CD-ROM in the drive.

    The setup program automatically starts and the initial setup dialog box is displayed. If the setup program does not automatically start and display the initial dialog box, double-click the SETUP.EXE file in the setup directory of the CD-ROM.
  2. Click the Install PowerDesigner 12.1 button.

    The welcome page is displayed.
  3. Click Next.

    The license selection page is displayed.
  4. Select the Standalone Seat - Local License radio button.
  5. Click Next.

    The license file definition page is displayed.
  6. Click the Load button if you already have a license file and browse to the folder where your license file is located. The content of the license file is automatically displayed in the License key box.

    or

    Download a license file from SPDC and copy the file content into the License Key box.
  7. Click Next.

    The license agreement page is displayed.
  8. Select the location where you are installing the software in the list in the upper part of the dialog box. Read the License Agreement and click the I Agree radio button to accept the terms of the agreement. If you click I Do Not Agree, you cannot proceed with the Setup program and you have to cancel install.

    Note   Printing the License Agreement
    You can print the License Agreement from the Setup\Licenses directory on the product CD.

  9. Click Next.

    The directory selection page is displayed.

    Setup suggests a directory in which to install PowerDesigner files. By default, this directory is different from the directories where previous versions of PowerDesigner are installed. You should avoid installing a new version of PowerDesigner in a directory that stores another version of PowerDesigner.
  10. Click Next to accept the suggested destination directory.

    or

    Click Browse, select a different destination directory, and click Next.

    The component selection page is displayed. It contains a list of products and features that are available with the installation. Each node can be expanded in order to let you select the features you wish to install.


    Note   Modify install
    When you are modifying an install, if you deselect a feature check box, this feature will be removed from the disk. See Using Installation Maintenance.

  11. Select or clear check boxes to add or remove products or features and click Next.

    If you have Visual Studio 2005 and Team Foundation installed on your computer, you can select the Visual Studio 2005 plug-in and its feature Team Foundation for installation.

    The ODBC and Eclipse shared directory selection page is displayed if you selected the ODBC drivers and/or the Eclipse 3 Plug-in in the list of components.

    In the Shared directory box, Setup suggests a directory to install ODBC driver files, this directory is shared among Sybase applications using ODBC drivers.

    You also have to select the Eclipse installation directory. Note that the Eclipse plug-in destination folder must correspond to an Eclipse 3.1 installation.
  12. Click Next.

    The program folder selection page is displayed. You can create a new folder or select an existing folder and insert the PowerDesigner program folder in it.
  13. Select a program folder from the Existing Folders list and click Next.

    or

    Type a program folder name in the Program Folders textbox and click Next.

    The start copying files dialog box is displayed. The Current Settings box lists all your setup choices.

    You can also select the Keep PowerDesigner Settings check box to preserve the settings defined in the previous version installed on your machine.
  14. Click Next to accept the current settings and start copying files.

    The copy starts. A progress box is displayed and Setup copies files to the destination directory.
  15. Wait for the setup complete page to appear and click Finish.

    Depending on your working environment, Setup may ask you to reboot your machine.

    Note   Readme.html
    The Readme.html file contains important release information. You can open it using a text editor from the /PowerDesigner directory by default.


 

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